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January 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
PASSENGERS have been unwittingly sharing their taxi rides home with sex offenders or violent criminals because of lax reporting by drivers and poor enforcement of the licensing rules.
Dozens of taxi drivers have continued to work on Sydney’s streets despite a history of violence or the fact they are facing sex charges.
The taxi drivers include one accused of bashing a passenger with a tyre lever and another who allegedly threatened to eject a female passenger from the taxi in the middle of a motorway.
Other drivers were aggressive, abusive or intimidating, with some referred to anger management counselling and one who was convicted of assaulting a police officer.
Under the strict conditions of their licence, they are obliged to declare their criminal history and update the state’s transport department if they have a run-in with the law.
But many have flouted this by failing to declare that they are facing criminal charges.
To counter this and to restore public confidence in the industry, the Department of Transport has attempted to detect the predators and serial offenders within the industry.
It has checked its database of taxi drivers against police records and moved to ban or suspend drivers found to have not declared they are facing charges.
In 2011 the department cancelled the licences of 22 taxi drivers and 17 bus drivers.
Nine of those cabbies fought to hold on to their licences in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Of these, one driver succeeded in having his cancellation overturned, six failed, one decision is pending and one stay was granted.
Three bus drivers appealed, of which two failed to be reinstated and one withdrew their case.
The department also suspended 30 taxi licences, with 10 drivers fighting to hold on to their licences in the Administrative Decisions Tribunal.
Of these, two drivers succeeded in having their suspensions overturned, while eight drivers failed and remained suspended from driving.
The crackdown has also resulted in 22 bus drivers’ licences being suspended in the past year.
Among those accused was a driver who failed to tell the authorities he was facing two counts of indecent assault of a child under 10, while another was accused of asking for sexual favours in lieu of payment and of bashing his wife.
It is not just taxi drivers who have been under the spotlight, with hire car drivers also targeted in the crackdown.
Taxi drivers can lose their taxi licence or have it suspended if they have an undeclared criminal history, are facing serious charges, if they have a bad driving record, a medical problem or if their driver’s licence is cancelled, suspended or expired.
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